do you want to stay a part of ukraine or want your own independent state? we want to stay a part of ukraine, but we want more rights. and i think people here, especially the ethnic russians are extremely worried that, for example, they won't be able to continue in a country using the russian language and that kiev has basically forgotten about them and acting unilaterally without incorporating the needs of the whole country. that is the big fear here. as phil was saying to these people, to the ethnic russians here, president putin is a strong man. they like the sense that he has their backs and perhaps that's why they're not concerned at all. they feel protected by the presence of this military presence on the streets. >> okay, diana magnay, thank you very much. >> we know the crisis in ukraine is spilling over into another political arena. this upcoming g-8 summit. president obama released a statement yesterday announcing the u.s. will not participate in prep meetings. of course, the g-8 meeting scheduled for june in sochi. >> a boycott of that june summit